The army says it is working with
the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) to declare Perry
Brimah, a Nigerian in diaspora, wanted for alleged fraud.
Brimah, a columnist, has
consistently spoken on the plight of the soldiers combating Boko Haram
insurgents in the north-east.
He launched a GoFundMe campaign
to raise funds to provide food for the soldiers in that part of the country.
Reacting in a statement on
Wednesday, Sani Usman, spokesman of the army, said the campaign by Brimah is
“fraudulent”.
Usman said Brimah embarked on the
venture “ostensibly to defraud unsuspecting members of the public, especially
the international community to fund subversive activities and personal
lifestyle”.
“The criminal is using the
following contact points for the fund raising,
https://www.gofundme.com/feed-nigerian-soldiers/info @ ENDS.ng Tel:
+1-929-427-5305; Whatsapp: +234-903-420-3031,” he said.
“We wish to state that the
Nigerian soldiers deployed to the north-east or elsewhere, neither lack
logistics nor food as the fraudster wants unsuspecting members of the public to
believe.
“The Nigerian army never faltered
in providing necessary logistics to troops to the extent of providing extras,
especially during festive periods.”
The army spokesman said there is
nowhere in the world that troops are fed through donations.
He said there are no complaints
of lack of food or starvation from soldiers.
“Whoever believes and fall victim
to this criminal act does so at his or her own risk,” he said.
But Lai Mohammed, minister of
information and culture, said there was no case of hunger among the troops.
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